Speaking to Word & Film, Oplev claimed that "the Sony PR machine" is brushing aside Noomi Rapace's portrayal of hacker Lisbeth Salander in an effort to make Rooney Mara - who has the part in David Fincher's remake - the definitive actress in the role.

"That's highly unfair because Noomi has captured this part and it should always be all her. Thatâ€™s her legacy in a way I can't see anyone competing," he said. "I hope she gets nominated for an Oscar. I know a lot of Academy members have seen the film and liked it because every time I go to LA I meet so many people who have seen my version of it."

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Oplev added that he has encountered objections to the remake in the US, comparing the close proximity of the films to John Badham's 1993 remake of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita. Badham's version arrived in cinemas only three years after the original.

"Even in Hollywood there seems to be a kind of anger about the remake, like, 'Why would they remake something when they can just go see the original?' Everybody who loves film will go see the original one," Oplev explained. "It's like, what do you want to see, the French version of La Femme Nikita or the American one? You can hope that Fincher does a better job."

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, starring Mara and Daniel Craig, will open in cinemas on December 26, 2011.